sullen
Example Sentences
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The liquid in the glass beaker on the kitchen stove was a muddy, sullen black.
From Literature
He was almost sullen, which was very unlike him, but I understood now why he’d been quieter than usual.
From Literature
Two boys—tall, thickset teens—trailed behind her, clad in threadbare suits, looking bored and sullen.
From Literature
Saturday Caracas time when the detonations began, lighting up the sullen sky like a post-New Year’s fireworks display.
From Los Angeles Times
But to bemoan the barely audible banality of it all – the dull motives, the mumbled attempts to shift blame, the sullen complaints about prison life and unsatisfactory psychiatric evaluations - is to miss the truth.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
